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Vietnam: A Traveler's Literary Companion (Traveler's Literary Companions)

by John Balaban

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“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
― W. Somerset Maugham

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“Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.”
― Anton Chekhov

tags: anton-chekhov, books, education, learning, wisdom

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“Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that.”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

tags: humor, inspirational, satan

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“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
― Albert Einstein

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“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
― Albert Einstein

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